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jē´ra ( ירח , yeraḥ ): A son of Joktan ( Genesis 10:26 parallel 1 Chronicles 1:20 ). No district Jerah has been discovered. However, Yurākh in Yemen and Yaraḥ in Hijaz are places named by the Arabic geographers. The fact that the word in Hebrew means "moon" has led to the following suggestions: the Banū Hilāl ("sons of the new moon") in the North of Yemen; Ghubb el -Ḳamar ("the bay of the moon"), Jebel el -Ḳamar ("the mountains of the moon") in Eastern Ḥadramant . But in Southern Arabia worship of the moon has caused the word to bulk largely in place-names.

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Jerah'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/j/jerah.html. 1915.

Bible Encyclopedias Jerah

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Jerah